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County officials have given the developers of nine Indian Land subdivisions a Dec. 31 deadline to file required letters of credit that would allow the county to take their streets into the county system.
If they don’t, the subdivisions’ homeowners associations will take on permanent responsibility for all road maintenance.
“The HOAs are gonna get ’em, which will irritate a lot of homeowners,” said County Attorney John Weaver. “They bought into these subdivisions believing the roads would be taken in the county.”

The 2017 Lancaster Motor Speedway awards banquet marked the end of an era as former LMS owner Doug McManus hosted his final points banquet at the La Chalupa Mexican Resturant.

Drivers, fans, crew members and staff members celebrated the 2017 points champions.

In the SECA Crate Late Model Divisions, Timbo Mangum has made this a regular occurrence over the past few years, taking the 2017 points title over Chris Fite, Ron Geehring, Brandy Baker, and Hank Taylor.

Two months after approval of their plan by a key legislative committee in Columbia, the leaders of Indian land’s incorporation effort have yet to take the next step toward a public vote on the issue.
County election officials say Panhandle residents are expressing concern about when, how and where the voting will take place, and who will be responsible for assuring its accuracy.

I read your Nov. 26 article with interest regarding Indian Land jobs and skyrocketing income.
We purchased our home in Sun City 10½ years ago for cash after selling our home in Raintree (N.C.) after 24-plus years.
In all these years, I have always felt gouged at the Water Department since two seniors (wife and myself) pay on average $60 per month for water. Our home in Charlotte was almost twice the size, three children still lived with us then and the water was about half the cost.

Multiple shots were heard in two Indian Land neighborhoods Monday night, and the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office is investigating both incidents.
Deputies responded shortly after 10:30 p.m. to a home in the Hatton Terrace neighborhood, where a woman reported that her home had been shot, according to sheriff’s spokesman Doug Barfield. Deputies determined that the home had been struck three times.
“We still don’t know who did it or why,” Barfield said.

Over the past year, I have read letters and op-eds in this paper promoting the Republican Party.
As we all know, the party dominates a large majority of statewide and local offices. In my opinion, many of our local politicians joined the party not as a statement of their ideology but as a means of easily being reelected to positions they had enjoyed as Democrats.
The Republican Party has wrapped itself in the American flag, thumped Bibles and promoted itself as the party of family values.

A 14-year-old Indian Land resident has died after he was seriously injured when his bicycle hit a tree near the Carolina Thread Trail on Nov. 19.
Lancaster County Coroner Karla Deese identified the victim as Garrett Howison.
According to Garrett’s obituary, he and his family had moved to Walnut Creek from Xenia, Ohio, in August. His parents are Jason and Angie Howison.

Lancaster City Council voted 5-2 Tuesday night to deny Victory Tabernacle AME Zion Church’s request to have $1,100 in land-clearing fees forgiven.
Council members Gonzie Mackey, Kenny Hood, Linda Blackmon, Mayor Pro Tem Tamara Green Garris and Mayor John Howard voted against the motion, and council members Hazel Taylor and Sara Eddins voted for it.
The church was denied the waiver because the city had already granted the church a waiver previously. The city has a one-time waiver policy.

City council held a special called meeting Wednesday night and spent about 40 minutes debating a $25 fee that the utilities department charges customers who are late paying their water bills.
Council member Linda Blackmon brought up the matter, saying she favored dropping the fee entirely.